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Powers of Attorney Act 1998
sch.2-sec.11Primary reason for treatment
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### sch.2-sec.11 Primary reason for treatment
Health care primarily to treat organic malfunction or disease , of a principal, is health care without which an organic malfunction or disease of the principal is likely to cause serious or irreversible damage to the principal’s physical health.
Health care involving sterilisation may be primarily to treat organic malfunction or disease if the principal has cancer affecting the reproductive system or cryptorchidism.
A procedure involving termination of a pregnancy may be primarily to treat organic malfunction if the principal is a pregnant person requiring abdominal surgery for injuries sustained in an accident.
sch 2 s 11 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
amd 2024 No.7 s 26 sch 1
- 1 Health care involving sterilisation may be primarily to treat organic malfunction or disease if the principal has cancer affecting the reproductive system or cryptorchidism.
- 2 A procedure involving termination of a pregnancy may be primarily to treat organic malfunction if the principal is a pregnant person requiring abdominal surgery for injuries sustained in an accident.